Poetry & Genre Vocabulary

Question 1

A 2-lined poem or stanza

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Couplet

Question 2

A true story about a person's life, written by that person.

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Autobiography

Question 3

A poem that does not have a rhyming pattern.

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Free verse

Question 4

Words used to create a picture in the reader's mind.

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Imagery

Question 5

We used an atlas to find out some facts about the place we were going to visit on vacation.

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Information

Question 6

A story that has been passed down generations that attempts to explain something in nature.

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Myth

Question 7

This year we read a book about Helen Keller, written by Margaret Davidson.

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Biography

Question 8

Stories that contain characters and events that are made up; not true.

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Fiction

Question 9

Contains elements that could not happen in real life.

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Fantasy

Question 10

You're reading a story about the life of Thomas Jefferson. He wrote it himself!

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Autobiography

Question 11

A true story written about a person's life by another person.

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biography

Question 12

Which is NOT a synonym for lesson?

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Refrain

Question 13

A short story that teaches a moral.

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Fable

Question 14

A story that gives information about real people, places, or events.

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Expository Text

Question 15

A hare and tortoise race. The tortoise wins. The moral is, slow and steady wins the race.

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Fable

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